Matt Eberflus Presser - blood in the water stuff :-(

But that's the way the game is played.  It reminded me of that scene in The Godfather where Michael assures Carlo, his "loved" brother-in-law that his life will be spared.  Gently tells him he wouldn't make his sister a widow, and reminded him that he was the godfather of his child.  Then about 1 minute later Michael watches as Carlo is strangled to death.  

LOL, of course Poles says "he loves the guy" and of course he will give him the GM equivalent of the "Michael Corleone Treatment" if he feels it necessary at the end of the season.  That's just the way it works.

In a conventional tank, you skim off the top of your roster.  Poles went much deeper than any team in the last 20 years, including several such as the 2021 Lions that have had considerably worse records than the 2021 Bears.  The idea of tanking is to pile up draft picks and cap space vs. other GMs.  Poles is in a league of his own in that respect, but has pretty much pissed away that advantage.

Well, you totally missed the point. Poles went way beyond anything ever done in at least 20 years.  That’s as far back as I went.  I was (and remain) skeptical that he dug himself into a hole too deep to dig out even with all his draft picks and cap space.  So far, the skepticism appears warranted. I am happy to be done with this, or else we’re back into dead horse beating.

Not gonna lie, I share your concerns.  Also concerned that Poles and Flus are close personally and that could cloud judgment.

If they run this coaching staff back another year with Fields as QB, they will be doubling down on what clearly isn't working.  Getsy and Fields are clearly oil & water when it comes to scheme fit--something they many times cited as important to them.

If they run this coaching staff back another year with a new QB, they'd be making the same elementary mistake they have done many times before--mismatching the coaching staff and QB and not synchronizing them.  I have been over the pitfalls of that here a million times.

There's virtually nothing that could change my mind at this point -- FLUTSY NEEDS TO GO.

Start fresh, Fields or no Fields.